RotoGraphs Audio: Field of Streams 5/04/2015

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May 4, 2015

Episode 21 – Loser Pitcher Bouquet

The latest episode of “Field of Streams” is live!

In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss a recap of this weekend’s White Sox / Twins matchups, weighing the value of some high-price DFS options, Dylan trying to get Matt’s attention with Jeff Francoeur, Dallas Keuchel’s ceiling given his lack of strikeouts, Dylan’s love of Jonathan Villar, an update on the contest standings, Chad Billingsley being “back from the dead,” and Matt’s hard-hitting moustache analysis.

Contest picks for Monday, May 4: Jesse Hahn @ MIN (Dylan) and Travis Wood @ STL (Matt).

Contest picks for Tuesday, May 5: Jesse Chavez @ MIN (Dylan) and Scott Feldman vs. HOU (Matt).

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Contest picks for Wednesday, May 6: Chris Heston vs. SD (Dylan) and Carlos Frias @ MIL (Matt).

Suggested DFS picks worth attention for Monday, May 4: Yasmani Grandal, Stephen Vogt, Evan Gattis, Adrian Gonzalez, Paul Goldschmidt, Justin Morneau, Chris Carter, Jose Altuve, Brian Dozier, Howie Kendrick, Trevor Plouffe, Kyle Seager, Nolan Arenado, Jhonny Peralta, Brad Miller, Bryce Harper, Joc Pederson, Darin Ruf, Matt Holliday, George Springer, Mark Trumbo, Nori Aoki, Angel Pagan, Dallas Keuchel, Clayton Kershaw, Carlos Martinez, Travis Wood, and Jesse Hahn.

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Approximately 31 minutes of joyous analysis.

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Dylan assists in producingFanGraphs Audio, Effectively Wild, and the FanGraphs Live Twitch channel. He also enjoys the Waxahachie Swap (RIP), the Air Bud principle, and the Oxford comma. You can Tweet him about any of those things @dhhiggins.

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SergFein
10 years ago

Great work as usual, but I wanted to point out that Jesse Hahn is not a lefty. Therefore, the reasoning used for using Dozier and Plouffe today is not as justified.

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Dylan HigginsMember
10 years ago
Reply to  SergFein

I’ve been thinking all day as to how in the world I screwed this up, but I have nothing but egg on my face. I know Jesse Hahn is right-handed, just goofed it up. Whoops.

Thanks for pointing it out though (and being nice about it)! Appreciated.

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